WOMEN’S HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Wales
Open procedure
24 February 2026 to 31 March 2026

Development of two integrated health needs assessments covering sexual health and women's health across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The project requires a mixed-methodology approach, including quantitative data analysis, literature reviews, and qualitative engagement through focus groups and surveys with diverse population groups. The final output must provide evidence-based recommendations to support strategic planning in alignment with the NHS Wales Women's Health Plan.

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Awarded value: £39k; As published
Published: 6 November 2025
Awarded: 19 February 2026; Claire Cairns Associates Ltd
Contract length: 1 month; Ends 31 March 2026

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of public health research, data analysis, and strategic needs assessment services for NHS clinical networks and local authorities.

Produce a Sexual Health Needs Assessment for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan covering sexual health outcomes, behaviours and service usage; access to contraception, STI testing and treatment, and sexual health education; priority populations; and integration with broader public health initiatives
Produce a Women’s Health Needs Assessment covering the population’s needs and current services around menstrual health, endometriosis and adenomyosis, preconception health, pelvic health and incontinence, menopause, violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, and long-term conditions across the life course
Review local and national data sets, including demographic, epidemiological, audit, healthcare utilisation, prescribing and health outcome data
Undertake qualitative engagement through interviews, focus groups and online surveys with relevant population groups, professionals, the public and staff, including under-represented groups
Undertake academic and grey-literature and evidence reviews
Use epidemiological, comparative and corporate health needs assessment approaches, with health inequalities prominent in data collection, analysis, presentation and final reports
Assess met and unmet needs, current services and service gaps, and develop evidence-based recommendations aligned with local, regional and national priorities
Participate in regular progress meetings, agree scope, data, literature and priorities with stakeholders, provide updates and escalate delivery issues, and produce annotated outlines, interim and final reports

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 1 month
Contract dates: 24 February 2026 to 31 March 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 73110000, 73200000

Services in this contract

Health needs assessments and population health modellingMain service£47k typicalSexual health and women's health needs assessments for Cardiff and Vale

Lifecycle

Published
6 November 2025
Contract awardedto Claire Cairns Associates Ltd
19 February 2026
Contract starts
24 February 2026
Contract ends
31 March 2026

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Claire Cairns Associates Ltd

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/333205/women-s-health-needs-assessment
Buyer reference: CAV-FTS-61145
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-05db91
Last checked: 5 November 2026

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. WOMEN’S HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. Contract award, 6 November 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/333205/women-s-health-needs-assessment (accessed 5 November 2026).